⁵ But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, ^(A)although the Lord had closed her womb.

⁶ And her rival also ^(A)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Samuel Is Born and Dedicated

¹⁹ Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah ^(A)knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord ^(B)remembered her.

²⁰ So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name ^[a]Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”